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Auction archive: Lot number 150

BIBLE, English The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament ...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Auction archive: Lot number 150

BIBLE, English The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament ...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Beschreibung:

BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Henry Hills and John Field 1660. [ Bound with: ] The Psalms of David in Meeter. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665.
BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Henry Hills and John Field 1660. [ Bound with: ] The Psalms of David in Meeter. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665. 8 o (161 x 112 mm). Woodcut border and printer's device on both titles (some browning and spotting overall). Contemporary panelled calf gilt, edges gauffered and gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE DECORATION IN PEN-AND-INK AND COLOR depictiong flowers on either side of a heart enclosing a statement: "a Vertuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband 1668" (Prov. 12:4) (joints and covers worn, covers with old dampstain); modern slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's 17 October 1988, lot 1292).

Auction archive: Lot number 150
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Henry Hills and John Field 1660. [ Bound with: ] The Psalms of David in Meeter. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665.
BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Henry Hills and John Field 1660. [ Bound with: ] The Psalms of David in Meeter. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665. 8 o (161 x 112 mm). Woodcut border and printer's device on both titles (some browning and spotting overall). Contemporary panelled calf gilt, edges gauffered and gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE DECORATION IN PEN-AND-INK AND COLOR depictiong flowers on either side of a heart enclosing a statement: "a Vertuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband 1668" (Prov. 12:4) (joints and covers worn, covers with old dampstain); modern slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's 17 October 1988, lot 1292).

Auction archive: Lot number 150
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
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